Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

@ScareCrow28 said:
the elite is perfectly ok for me

It is written "an elite"
@bs0409 said:
SC12Find the incorrect ones:A)If the success of a TV pundit with a red rubber nose is a rebukeB)to the dull and fawning anchormen, the political successC)in recent years of entertainers, demagouges, and public figuresD)who make a virtue of their indiscreet is a slap in the face of theE)professional political class which they profess to despise.1)C & D2)A,C & D3)D & E4)Only D5)A & E
4: only D
@bs0409 said:
SC12Find the incorrect ones:A)If the success of a TV pundit with a red rubber nose is a rebukeB)to the dull and fawning anchormen, the political successC)in recent years of entertainers, demagouges, and public figuresD)who make a virtue of their indiscreet is a slap in the face of theE)professional political class which they profess to despise.1)C & D2)A,C & D3)D & E4)Only D5)A & E
4) only D? baaki sab thek thak lagre h
@bs0409 said:
It is written "an elite"
Not necessarily
N= 123456789123456789...92 digits Find the remainder when N is divided by 38
@pavimai said:
N= 123456789123456789...92 digits Find the remainder when N is divided by 38
ye VA ka forum hai bhai/behen jo bi ho..kindly post in QUANT forum
@DeAdLy said:
ye VA ka forum hai bhai/behen jo bi ho..kindly post in QUANT forum
oops..sorry
@bs0409 said:
SC12Find the incorrect ones:A)If the success of a TV pundit with a red rubber nose is a rebukeB)to the dull and fawning anchormen, the political successC)in recent years of entertainers, demagouges, and public figuresD)who make a virtue of their indiscreet is a slap in the face of theE)professional political class which they profess to despise.1)C & D2)A,C & D3)D & E4)Only D5)A & E
1)C and D
@bs0409 said:
SC12Find the incorrect ones:A)If the success of a TV pundit with a red rubber nose is a rebukeB)to the dull and fawning anchormen, the political successC)in recent years of entertainers, demagouges, and public figuresD)who make a virtue of their indiscreet is a slap in the face of theE)professional political class which they profess to despise.1)C & D2)A,C & D3)D & E4)Only D5)A & E
4..
@ScareCrow28 said:
Not necessarily

In the question it is written "an elite".
My take is that it shld be "the elite"
@bs0409 said:
In the question it is written "an elite". My take is that it shld be "the elite"
There's nothing wrong in "an elite" bhai. If refered to as a group "an elite" is perfectly ok
@bs0409 said:
SC12Find the incorrect ones:A)If the success of a TV pundit with a red rubber nose is a rebukeB)to the dull and fawning anchormen, the political successC)in recent years of entertainers, demagouges, and public figuresD)who make a virtue of their indiscreet is a slap in the face of theE)professional political class which they profess to despise.1)C & D2)A,C & D3)D & E4)Only D5)A & E
C and D
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@bs0409

OA kya hai bhai?
@bs0409 said:
SC12Find the incorrect ones:A)If the success of a TV pundit with a red rubber nose is a rebukeB)to the dull and fawning anchormen, the political successC)in recent years of entertainers, demagouges, and public figuresD)who make a virtue of their indiscreet is a slap in the face of theE)professional political class which they profess to despise.1)C & D2)A,C & D3)D & E4)Only D5)A & E
Ans. 1) C & D
In C, demagogues is spelt incorrectly and in D it should be indiscretions.
@bs0409 Bhai OA??
@DeAdLy said:
4: only D
@ScareCrow28 said:
4) only D? baaki sab thek thak lagre h
@joyjitpal said:
1)C and D
@saurav205 said:
4..

@CheshireCat
@ChirpiBird

OA-4)Only D

Can someone point out the error in D????

@bs0409 said:
@CheshireCat@ChirpiBirdOA-4)Only DCan someone point out the error in D????
The right sentence would be
Who make a virtue of their indiscretions is a slap in the face of the

What about the word demagogues? It was spelt incorrectly in sentence C, was it a typographical error?

A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

What is bad writing? One definition of bad writing is that it only entertains but does not edify.
It does not raise 'important questions' regarding political or social ills but, instead, runs away
from them. Put simply, bad writing reinforces popular attitudes even if it's at the cost of harming a cultural fabric. Bad writing's goals are self-serving.


(a) It aims to make money for its publisher and author and win popularity for its writer without
caring two hoots about the greater common good or making the reader think beyond the text.
(b) Good writing - especially fiction €“ on the other hand - is as man-made and
culturally-constructed
method of enquiry used to analyse and judge one €™s views.
(c) However, no text - and, by extension, an author - is universally or eternally good or bad.
(d) Thus, if good writing is to prevail, 'good writers' must slug it out in the open with 'bad
writers'.

Please post your answer with an explanation as to how you approached the question. Thanks!

@bs0409 said:

@CheshireCat
@ChirpiBird

OA-4)Only D

Can someone point out the error in D????

in the view of their indiscreet doesnt make sense
@nramachandran

a

it's only option which carries forward the negatives of bad writing. moreover the paragraph ends with self serving, means it shall continue in the same flow(describing self serving,making money)